Exploring the broad range of human nature photographer David Douglas Duncan has captured some of the 20th century's iconic images for such journals as Life and National Geographic. Here he offers his autobiography through more than 400 of his own pictures of the South Pacific in World War II North Korea Palestine Vietnam Afghanistan the treasures of the Kremlin and the life and work of his close friend Pablo Picasso.
"His selection of images of the horrors of war portraits of Picasso and Cartier-Bresson of treasures of the Kremlin actors on the set of the film Jesus Christ Superstar and of his beloved dog Thor blends into his account of 'waiting ... for that fleeting touch of magic on the face of life itself'." NYTimes